Maryland Sound First US Company to Purchase JBL VTX

NORTHRIDGE, California – Continuing its commitment to staying on the cutting edge of technological advancement, Maryland Sound International recently became the first company in the United States to add the new HARMAN JBL VTX Line Array Series loudspeakers to its inventory. One of the world's leading sound production companies, Maryland Sound was founded in 1966 to serve Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons on a national tour, growing over the decades to become one of the industry's foremost sound contractors, with a resumé spanning presidential inaugurations to Times Square New Year's Eve broadcasts to major concert tours.

Maryland Sound first deployed its VTX system at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on April 9. “We built our business on offering our clients the very best, and we are purchasing more than 300 of the new JBL VTX V25 line array loudspeakers,” said Bob Goldstein, President of Maryland Sound. “We will be using them for large-scale events, smaller productions and everything in between.”

The JBL VTX Series is the next generation of JBL line array loudspeaker design. “VTX represents an evolution of JBL's industry-standard VERTEC® that heralds a new era in performance, system integration and user-friendliness,” said Paul Bauman, Senior Manager, Tour Sound, JBL Professional. “The VTX Series features JBL's legendary sound quality coupled with the most advanced sound reinforcement technology and support available.”

“When you start with outstanding components and put them into a well-designed enclosure, you can't help but end up with outstanding results,” Goldstein continued. “I have to say that the technology behind the V25 is amazing. I'm a guy who likes to experience high-frequency reproduction all the way out to 20kHz. The D2 drivers handle a ton of power with no breakup modes and no measurable distortion. Having the D2 drivers in the V25 makes a huge difference and I wanted to have that kind of sound quality in our inventory.”

“The new JBL D2 high-frequency driver is fantastic,” Goldstein added. “There is virtually no distortion, and designer Paul Bauman and his team came up with a new waveguide that takes full advantage of its performance to distribute extremely smooth frequency response with even coverage.”

In addition, Maryland Sound will continue to use its existing VERTEC VT4889 inventory. “I think the VT4889's with the V5 software tunings are world-class and we will not stop using them anytime soon,” Goldstein noted. “That said, the VTX V25 is simply a step up in its ability to resolve musical detail.”

“Our clients want to know that we're always on the leading edge of the technological state of the art,” Goldstein concluded. “Having the best technology like the JBL VTX V25 means we can provide the best service AND the best sound. Our clients don't have to ask us to upgrade—we do it on our own because we want to stay on the cutting edge.”

HARMAN (www.harman.com) designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and infotainment solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets — supported by 15 leading brands, including AKG, Harman Kardon, Infinity, JBL, Lexicon and Mark Levinson. The Company is admired by audiophiles across multiple generations and supports leading professional entertainers and the venues where they perform. More than 25 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of about 13,000 people across the Americas, Europe and Asia, and reported net sales of $4.2 billion for twelve months ending December 31, 2011.